Coat construction



Aug. 15, 1939 J. GIUSEFFI COAT CONSTRUCTION Filed June 24, 1938 I N VENTOR Jerome yeff/Z ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15, 1939 PATENT OFFICE COATCONSTRUCTION Jerome Giuseifl, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The GoodallWorsted Company, Sanford, Maine, a

corporation of Maine Application June 24, 1938, Serial No. 215,661

3 Claims.

This invention relates to garment construction, and particularly to theprovision of shoulder pads in coats of the unlined type commonly'usedfor summer wear. 1

An object of the invention is to provide a coat of this kind withshoulder padding in order to efiect the built-up shoulder constructionusually seen only in coats of heavier materials in which linings areordinarily provided.

Another object is to provide methods and means for applying the shoulderpads to lighter type garments of the kind indicated.

Another object is to provide a novel form of shoulder pad for garmentsof the type mentioned.

Another object is to effect such construction in a simple and efiectivemanner and at a minimum of cost.

These and other objects are attained by the means and methods describedherein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a coat comprising the means of thepresent invention, the neck portion of the coat being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the coat turned with theinner side out to disclose the means of this invention in operativeposition.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental view showing the inserted portions of a coat,particularly the shoulder and sleeve head portions thereof with theshoulder pad of this invention attached to the shoulder portions butdetached from the sleeve head portions of the coat, that is, with thepad cover along this edge, detached and folded back for disclosing theassociated parts. The armhole piping in this view is shown partly brokenaway or omitted for clarity.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the shoulder pad of the presentinvention with a portion thereof broken away.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the shoulder and adjacentsleeve portions of a coat embodying the present invention.

As already suggested, it has been possible heretofore to achieve anefiective padded shoulder construction only in coats of the heaviervariety in which lining is provided, the padding being disposed beneaththe lining. In garments of the lighter kind, there being no such liningprovided, the padding has been omitted, with a consequent loss in regardto a trim and squaredoff appearance of the shoulders.

The present invention makes it possible to apply shoulder pads ingarments provided only with interior shoulder facing and yoke, the padsbeing superimposed upon and attached to the shoulder facing and yoke andto the sleeve head portions of the garment.

In greater detail and with reference to the drawing, the pad of thisinvention, as shown in Fig. 4, may be of triangular shape and may 5comprise a body 8 of suitable padding material, interior covers 9 and I0and a top cover I I, preferably of finish material. The padding 8 andinterior covers 9 and I0 may be suitably secured together by stitchingi2 and the parts of. the 10 pad, including the finish cover I I, may bestitched along two edges, as indicated at l3. The pad is of the typehaving an open or unstitched edge, as seen at the bottom of Fig. 4. Atthis portion of the pad, the finish cover I l is formed to extend as atM beyond the remainder of the pad for a purpose which will appear.

The coat illustrated herein is of the kind comprising a body I5 havingsleeves l6 and provided on the inside with facing l'l extendingforwardly from the stitching lines l8 and I9 (Fig. 2) to the frontvertical edges of the coat. A relatively deep yoke 20' may be providedin the coat, extending, as seen at 2|, in Figs. 2 and 3, well down alongone side of the armhole of the coat. It may be noted that in Fig. 2 theright side of the coatis shown whereas the left side portions are shownin Fig. 3.

The coat may be formed in the usual manner by providing a body havingarmholes therein and subsequently setting the sleeves to the armholes.

At this point, however, an element of the present invention enters,namely, an extension strip 22 (Fig. 3: which is a narrow strip attachedto the inside of the upper portion of. the sleeve head, 85simultaneously with the stitching of the sleeve to the armhole portionsof the coat. This extension strip 22 may be of finish material similarto the material of the cover I l of the shoulder pad.

The shoulder pad of this invention may now be superimposed upon andattached by suitable stitching 28 to the shoulder portions of the coat,that is, upon the facing l1 and yoke 20, adjacent the sleeve headportions of the garment. The open unstitched edge of the pad extendsalong the upper edge portions of the armhole.

The edge of the strip 22, is indicated, in Fig. 3 at 23; the edge of thesleeve head is indicated at 24; the edge of the facing I1 is indicatedat 25 and the edge of the interior cover ll! of the shoulder pad, isindicated at 26. Adjacent the lefthand side of Fig. 3, the edge of thearmhole end of the yoke 20 is indicated at 21. It may be observed herethat the body 8 of the pad has interposed therein a stiffener element orpartition 29.

The extending portion I oi the pad cover Ii and the projecting portionof the extension strip 22 are now stitched together for enclosing theopen edge of the pad lend the associated edge armhole and shoulderportions of the coat as thus made.

The means and methods of the present invention have been found veryeflective for achieving the squared-oi! shoulder appearancein garmentsof this kind which is a desirable feature in garment construction today.Moreover, this result may be achieved at relatively little additionalcosts as to material and operation.

What is claimed is: l. A coat comprising a. shoulder with-a sleevestitched thereto, a, shoulder pad comprising a pad body superimposedupon and attached to the inner race of the shoulder adjacent the sleevehead, a cover member on the pad, and an extension strip attached to thesleeve head at the seam connecting the shoulder and sleeve, saidextension strip being connected with the edge of the pad cover adjacentthe shoulder extremity vfor enclosing the outer extremity oi the padbody 2. A coat comprising a shoulder, shoulder lln.- ing, and a sleevestitched to the shoulder, a shoulder pad superimposed on and attached tothe face of the shoulder lining adjacent the sleeve head, a cover on thepad and formed with a free edge adjacent the sleeve head, and anextension strip attached to the sleeve head at the seam connecting theshoulder and the sleeve, said extension strip being connected with saidfree edge of the pad cover for enclosing the ad- Jacent portions of thepad.

3. A coat comprising ashoulder, shoulder lining, and a sleeve, stitchedto the shoulder, a shoulder pad comprising a pad body superimposed onthe face of the shoulder lining and extending to and terminating at theouter extremity of the shoulder, a cover member attached to the pad andhaving peripheral portions thereof secured to the shoulder lining forpermanently positioning the shoulder pad flat and substantiallyimmovable, the shoulder pad at the outer extremity thereof being formedwith an open edge, and an extension strip attached to 'the sleeve headat the seam connecting the shoulder and sleeve, the extension. stripbeing connected with the pad cover along said free edge for enclosingthe adjacent edge of the pad v JEROME GIUSEFFI.

